Comparison

Steno paper vs Paper Maker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Steno paper

This app provides a digital notebook for quick and easy handwriting notes. It offers various color pencils, an eraser, and options to create, open, save, and clear your notes.

Highlights
  • Handwriting notes
  • Color pencils
  • Eraser tool
  • New note creation
  • Save and open notes
  • Clear notes
Features
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A handwriting notes book that make you take notes easily and quickly. Ten kinds of color pencil. Functions: New, Open, Save, Eraser, Clear.

About

Paper Maker

Create custom paper templates for notes and journaling. Design lined, graph, dot grid, or Cornell pages with adjustable spacing, colors, and sizes. Export as high-quality PDFs for use in other apps or printing.

Highlights
  • Customizable paper templates
  • Adjustable line/dot spacing
  • Multiple page layouts (lined, graph, dot, Cornell)
  • Customizable page size and orientation
  • Dark mode paper option
  • Vector PDF export
  • Multi-page file creation
Features
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Your note app comes with a few built-in papers, and none of them are quite right. The line spacing is off, the grid squares are the wrong size, there's no dark page for writing at night, and the template packs sold online come in sizes that don't fit your screen. Paper Maker makes the paper itself. Pick a template, set the size and spacing, choose your colors, and save a clean PDF to Files, your note app, or a printer. Pages are drawn as vector lines, so they stay sharp at any zoom and the files stay small. PICK A TEMPLATE Lined paper in wide, narrow, or college ruled spacing. Graph paper with the square size you choose. Dot grid for bullet journals and sketching. Cornell pages with the cue column and summary space already laid out. MAKE IT YOURS Page size for iPad note apps (4:3), A4, or US Letter. Portrait or landscape. Line and dot spacing from 2 to 15 mm, in half-millimeter steps. Line color, paper color, and dark pages for writing at night. Set the page margin and how many pages the file should have. SAVE IT ANYWHERE Export goes through the iOS share sheet, so the PDF goes wherever you write: Files, your note app, email, or a printer. ASKS FOR NOTHING No account, no sign-up, no permissions. Paper Maker never asks for your camera, photos, or microphone. You make and export paper offline, and your pages are never uploaded anywhere. WHY PAPER MAKER - Vector PDF pages that stay sharp at any zoom - Multi-page files, up to 50 pages at once - Dark paper that's easy to read at night - Collects nothing - No third-party ads Paper Maker is free, and nothing in it is locked behind a purchase. Need to add writing room to a PDF you already have, like a worksheet or a slide deck? That's our other app, PagePrep. Paper Maker makes new paper; PagePrep preps the documents you already own.

Screenshots

Steno paper2 screens
Paper Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Paper Maker at 5.0 against Steno paper's 2.0. Paper Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Steno paper's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Steno paper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paper Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Paper Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Steno paper versus Paper Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteno paperPaper Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丽娜 夏Prashant Angyan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steno paper

One-time1
  • You will pay to remove ads.$0.99
None

Paper Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steno paper free?
Steno paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paper Maker free?
Paper Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steno paper or Paper Maker?
Paper Maker is rated higher. Steno paper averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Paper Maker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Steno paper or Paper Maker have ads?
Steno paper shows ads; Paper Maker does not.

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